4. The property was yours to sell or not sell, as you wished. And after selling it, the money was also yours to give away. How could you do a thing like this? You weren’t lying to us but to God!”
5. As soon as Ananias heard these words, he fell to the floor and died. Everyone who heard about it was terrified.
6. Then some young men got up, wrapped him in a sheet, and took him out and buried him.
7. About three hours later his wife came in, not knowing what had happened.
8. Peter asked her, “Was this the price you and your husband received for your land?”“Yes,” she replied, “that was the price.”
9. And Peter said, “How could the two of you even think of conspiring to test the Spirit of the Lord like this? The young men who buried your husband are just outside the door, and they will carry you out, too.”
10. Instantly, she fell to the floor and died. When the young men came in and saw that she was dead, they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.